Re: default option

Thank you Stuart. That did the trick. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Stuart Dallas <stuart@3ft9.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:28 AM, Chris Stinemetz <chrisstinemetz@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am building some select menu's dynamically from a mysql database and >> am courous how to give the menu a default option "Choose". >> >> Below is what I have so far for one of my menu's. >> >> Thank you in advace. >> >>                    <select name="market" id="market" >> onchange="javascript:get(this.parentNode);"> >>                    <?php >>                        foreach($market_prefix as $key => $value) >>                            { >>                            $selected = ''; >>                            if($value == $market) >>                            { >>                            $selected = 'selected'; >>                            } >>                            echo("<option value=$value $selected >> >$value : $market_name[$key]"); >>                            } >>                            ?> >>                    </select> > > Just add it as the first option. If none of the options have the selected > attribute, the first option will be the selected one. > I'd also recommend you escape the variables you're outputting, on the off > chance they contain HTML-like code. > <select name="market" id="market" onchange="if (this.value != > '') { > javascript:get(this.parentNode); }"> >   <option value="">Choose...</option> > <?php >   foreach($market_prefix as $key => $value) >   { >     $selected = ''; >     if ($value == $market) >     { >       $selected = 'selected'; >     } >     echo '<option value="', htmlspecialchars($value), '" ', > $selected, '>', > htmlspecialchars($value.' : '.$market_name[$key]), '</option>'; >   } > ?> > </select> > -Stuart > > -- > Stuart Dallas > 3ft9 Ltd > http://3ft9.com/